HH-3F Pelican - "Sole Survivor" Size & Medium:16" x 24" Archival Matte Paper Certainly the recovery was due

Certainly the recovery was due to a combination of situational awareness

We have an object

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It has supposedly been developed at area  S-4 by Lockheed and is claimed to have the ability to hover indefinitely as well as perform accelerations greater than 40 G’s

It excelled at this quality and was a superb interceptor aircraft

HH-3F Pelican - "Sole Survivor" Size & Medium:16" x 24" Archival Matte Paper Certainly the recovery was dueOn October 27, 1983, the Seattle based tugboat Eagle was towing two barges across the Gulf of Alaska from Anchorage, AK. to Seattle, WA. While 65 miles offshore, the boat was caught in a storm. The 50' 60' foot seas and 70 knot winds proved too much for the tug and she capsized. Awakened from his bunk when the boat leaned 50 degrees starboard, Chief Engineer, Robert Ray grabbed his immersion suit and made his way to the bridge. The Eagle went down